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Did this ruin Ilan Mitchell-Smith's career?


He was a young, good looking actor..the year before he had a pretty big part in The Wild Life. I think Kelly LeBrock hated him for being such a wise ass on set, plus didn't he stick his tongue down her throat during their kissing scene?

Ilan has said that he got the hint a couple years later when he was cast as a rapist in a late night TV series, he then quit show business and went to college.

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Meh he wasn't the finest actor to begin with really. He seems much happier these days. Smart cat

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He's one of the worst actors I've ever seen. His performance alone makes this movie difficult to watch for me. His line delivery is so untrained, and a very adolescent voice to top it off, pure amateur hour. He'd get tomatoes thrown at him in a live venue.

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He's great, and has a natural likeability, a quiet charm, and knew to let Anthony Michael Hall do most of the talking. He played off Bill Paxton brilliantly too. I can’t imagine anyone else in the role.

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it could have been journey to the center of the earth

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I think Kelly LeBrock hated him for being such a wise ass on set, plus didn't he stick his tongue down her throat during their kissing scene?

Where did you hear this?

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